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Premstätten, Austria, 2026/08/13 - ams OSRAM, technology leader in digital photonics, has filed two patent infringement lawsuits in Germany against an electronic components distributor for selling automotive LED products manufactured by Refond Optoelectronics Co., Ltd - ams-OSRAM.com. SIX: AMS; ISIN: AT0000A18XM4
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In these lawsuits, ams OSRAM seeks permanent injunction, damages, recall and destruction, alleging that certain automotive LED products from Refond’s Ceramic and EMC series infringe several ams OSRAM patents protecting proprietary technologies. The six asserted patents cover key innovations enabling highly efficient, robust and compact light sources delivering high luminance light of superior quality as required in automobiles.
These legal actions are based on ams OSRAM’s on-going vigilant market monitoring and expand the company’s recent patent enforcement actions from those launched in 2025 in the field of horticulture LEDs to automotive applications. For decades, ams OSRAM has been investing heavily in the research and development of LEDs for the automotive sector.
“With these legal actions, we continue to demonstrate our firm commitment to ensuring trust, confidence, and fair competition in the market,” said Aldo Kamper, CEO of ams OSRAM. “Only if intellectual property rights are respected by all parties can consumers be certain that they are receiving the full value of the technologies embedded in the products they purchase.”
ams OSRAM’s automotive LED products are recognized by automobile manufacturers across the globe for their performance, reliability and outstanding IP safety. The company continues to assess additional legal measures to uphold market integrity and to protect the enduring value of its technologies for stakeholders globally.
“Our high-performance and high-quality automotive LEDs are relied on by customers and partners worldwide,” said Dr. Jörg Strauss, Head of the Business Line OS Performance Photonics. “We must safeguard the intellectual property rights that benefit our and their interests, and we will keep working to ensure a transparent industry landscape that is fair to everyone.”
About ams OSRAM
The ams OSRAM Group (ams-osram.com) is a global leader in innovative light and sensor solutions. As a specialist in Digital Photonics, we combine engineering excellence with cutting-edge global manufacturing to offer our customers the broadest portfolio of digital light and sensing technologies.
“Sense the power of light” our success has ever since been based on a deep understanding of the potential of light. For 120 years, we have been developing innovations that move markets: from automotive applications and industrial manufacturing to medical and consumer electronics. In the anniversary year of the OSRAM brand, around 18,500 employees worldwide are working on pioneering solutions alongside societal megatrends such as smart mobility, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, smart health, and robotics. This is reflected in around 12,000 patents granted and applied for. Headquartered in Premstaetten/Graz (Austria) with co-headquarters in Munich (Germany), the group achieved EUR 3.3 billion revenues in 2025 and is listed as ams-OSRAM AG on the SIX Swiss Exchange (ISIN: AT0000A3EPA4).
ams and OSRAM are registered trademarks of ams-OSRAM AG. In addition, many of our products and services are registered or filed trademarks of ams OSRAM Group. All other company or product names mentioned herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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